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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: How to download and install Emacs CVS?
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:03:11 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871xc14mhz.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ctf93l$k09$1@reader1.panix.com

>>> $ ./configure
>>> $ make bootstrap
>>> # make install
>> 
>> This sequence is OK, but there is much more of choices, particularly a 
>> windowing environment, i.e. making GNU Emacs a graphical application. 
>> Try this:
>> 
>> ./configure --help
>> 
>> You'll get a huge list. Important is at least '--with-x'. Then you can 

--with-x is already the default if you have X11 installed.

>> manually choose the X tool kit, GTK or Lucid, as I recommend (Athena is
>> very old not very attractive, Motif is not my choice, try a bit of 3D
>> look with Xaw-3d).

In the --with-x-toolkit argument "lucid" and "athena" mean the same.
It also happens to be the default.

> Suppose you're using Solaris' CDE as your gui; what's a
> reasonable choice, given that.

I recommend you stick with the default.  It's the best debugged code.


        Stefan

  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-01-31 16:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-16 17:51 How to download and install Emacs CVS? romeomedina
2005-01-17  0:02 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-01-18 12:16 ` Rodolfo Medina
2005-01-18 12:50   ` Matthew Huggett
2005-01-18 16:59   ` Peter Dyballa
2005-01-18 19:48   ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-01-22 12:19   ` Rodolfo Medina
     [not found]   ` <mailman.13933.1106069492.27204.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-01-29  6:05     ` David Combs
2005-01-29 11:40       ` Peter Dyballa
2005-01-31 16:03       ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.13518.1105898635.27204.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-01-17 19:32 ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found] <mailman.13893.1106051780.27204.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-01-18 13:22 ` Reiner Steib

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